Dear Mine Action colleagues, We regret to inform you that following the global Covid-19 outbreak, the 17th International Symposium “Mine Action 2020.” will be postponed. The new dates of the Symposium are 21st to 24th September 2020 at Olympia Hotel in Vodice.

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on 02 February 2018

From 29th January to 1st February, OSCE PCU Ukraine organized a visit of the Ukrainian delegation to the Republic of Croatia. The delegation consisted of parliament members involved in development and passing of the Law on Mine Action, representatives of state agencies and donors of the OSCE PCU Project „Mine Action Capacity Building in Ukraine“.Establishment of a mine action system and legal framework for establishment of a national mine action centre are among the project goals, and the Republic of Croatia was chosen for this visit as a country with a long-standing experience in demining and a well-developed system of implementation of mine action with rules and regulations and legislature in place.

On 31 January the delegation visited Cerovac test site, where they were informed about HCR-CTRO activities, testing and certification procedures, R/D projects and training courses conducted by HCR-CTRO. In addition, they witnessed testing of mine detection dogs, personal protective equipment and metal detectors.